title: BDNF and NT-3 modulate expression and threonine phosphorylation of microtubule-associated protein 2 analogues, and alter their distribution in the developing rat cerebral cortex.
abstract: Effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and neurotrophin (NT)-3 on the expression of structural or synapse-associated proteins were examined in the developing rat cerebral cortex. Following ventricular administration of BDNF or NT-3 at embryonic day (E) 16, expression of microtubule-associated protein (MAP) 2 of 280 kDa was enhanced at E18 and/or E20, and threonine phosphorylation of MAP2 analogues of 120 and 66 kDa was modulated in different ways. NT-3 basically altered the distribution of MAP2 proteins at E20. These findings suggest that NT-3 and BDNF play a role in regulating production and phosphorylation of MAP2 analogues during development of the rat cerebral cortex.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukumitsu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohashi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nitta
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nomoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furukawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D019922:GAP-43 Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D020933:Neurotrophin 3; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D050765:Qa-SNARE Proteins; D051381:Rats; D016708:Synaptophysin / Q000378:metabolism; D050825:Synaptosomal-Associated Protein 25; D013912:Threonine / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; D019922:GAP-43 Protein; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D020933:Neurotrophin 3; D050765:Qa-SNARE Proteins; C494210:Snap25 protein, rat; D016708:Synaptophysin; D050825:Synaptosomal-Associated Protein 25; D013912:Threonine